The Czech National Corpus as the Main Result of the Development of the Traditions of the Prague Linguistic Circle in Czech Linguistics in the xx Century
Abstract
Aim. The purpose of this study is to consider the Czech National Corpus as the main tool of linguistic analysis in modern Bohemian studies.Methodology.
The composition of the Czech National Corpus is presented. The Czech National Corpus includes, in addition to the 4.9 billion SYN series (modern Czech written texts), dozens of other corpora such as the Prague Colloquial Corpus, the Brno Colloquial Corpus, the Corpus of public speeches of 14 Czech presidents from Eduard Beneš to Miloš Zeman, the Corpus of recorded school lessons, the Corpus of school essays written by migrants etc.
The present study considers the results of the use of Corpus material in the field of grammar, lexicography and linguoculturology.Results. The effectiveness of referring to the corpus materials in research in various fields of linguistics is shown.Research implications.
The material presented in the paper, as well as the conclusions based on its analysis can be used for further research in the field of grammar, lexicology and lexicography, as well as linguoculturology.